au·to·crat

(ô′tə-krăt′)

1. A ruler having unlimited power; a despot.

2. A person with unlimited power or authority: a corporate autocrat.

[French autocrate, from Greek autokratēs, ruling by oneself : auto-, auto- + -kratēs, -crat.]

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autocrat

(ˈɔːtəˌkræt)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a ruler who possesses absolute and unrestricted authority

2. a domineering or dictatorial person

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

au•to•crat

(ˈɔ təˌkræt)

n.

1. an absolute ruler who holds unlimited powers as by inherent right.

2. a person invested with or claiming to exercise absolute authority.

3. a person who behaves in an authoritarian manner.

[1795–1805; < Greek autokratḗs self-ruling, ruling alone]

au`to•crat′ic, au`to•crat′i•cal,

adj.

au`to•crat′i•cal•ly,

adv.

autocrat

A ruler who possesses absolute and unlimited authority.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

autocrat - a cruel and oppressive dictator

despot, tyrant

czar - a person having great power

potentate, dictator - a ruler who is unconstrained by law

autocrat

noun dictator, tyrant, Big Brother, control freak, despot, absolutist Her management style was that of an unapologetic autocrat.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

autocrat

noun

One who imposes or favors absolute obedience to authority:

authoritarian, despot, dictator, martinet, totalitarian, tyrant.

Translations

حاكِم فَرد

samovládce

autokratenehersker

Autokrat Autokratin

autocrate

autokrat

alræîisherra, einvaldur

autocrate dittatore

autokratasautokratijaautokratinispatvaldyspatvaldystė

autokrāts, patvaldnieks

enehersker

автократ

autokratsamovládca

mutlak yetkili hükümdarotokrat

独裁者

autocrat

[ˈɔːtəʊkræt] N → autócrata mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

autocrat

[ˈɔːtəkræt] n → autocrate mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

autocrat

n → Autokrat(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

autocrat

[ˈɔːtəʊˌkræt] n → autocrate m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

autocrat

(ˈoːtəkrӕt) noun

a ruler who has total control. The Tsars of Russia were autocrats.

autocracy (oːˈtokrəsi) noun

government by an autocrat.

ˌautoˈcratic adjective

1. having absolute power. an autocratic government.

2. expecting complete obedience. a very autocratic father.

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And I have seen him put the pent-up anger of his heart into the aspect of the inaccessible sun, and cause it to glare fiercely like the eye of an implacable autocrat out of a pale and frightened sky.

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He is a second autocrat," he concluded with a victorious smile.

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Of what real harm could he be capable, this little autocrat who from his chair seemed to exercise such a malign influence upon every one with whom he was brought into contact?

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Half of that night, and all of the next day, this architectural autocrat was our sole object of interest.

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This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for `Marmar', as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat. The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg's heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly...

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The Puritan, again, an autocrat in his own household, had worn out three wives, and, merely by the remorseless weight and hardness of his character in the conjugal relation, had sent them, one after another, broken-hearted, to their graves.

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There was a touch of the magistrate in the man, a good deal more of the Councillor of the Prefecture, all the self-importance of the mayor of the arrondissement, the local autocrat, and the soured temper of the unsuccessful candidate who has never been returned since the year 1816.

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The least appearance of opposition struck fire out of the old autocrat. His eyes looked malignantly at me, and his gray whiskers bristled like those of an angry cat.

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He whispered "Wait" with such authority (he was the son of Carleon Anthony, the domestic autocrat) that it did arrest her for a moment, long enough to hear him say that he could not be left like this to puzzle over her nonsense all night.

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He found, however, that all the under servants had been given a holiday ashore by the autocrat Paul, and that only the sombre Mrs.

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It was a warm night, however, though September, and I did not mind until I came in clad as he commanded to find the autocrat himself still booted and capped.

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Now the highly paid specialist who conveys the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Limited from Chicago to Elkhart is something of an autocrat, and he does not approve of being told how to back up to a car.

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